MSN Music — It's been a stellar run for indie-rock reunions. Following the long-awaited returns of Grizzly Bear and LCD Soundsystem, The National is back with its first album in four years, Sleep Well Beast (out Friday). Now living in different cities with f... more info

MSN Music — It's been a stellar run for indie-rock reunions. Following the long-awaited returns of Grizzly Bear and LCD Soundsystem, The National is back with its first album in four years, Sleep Well Beast (out Friday). Now living in different cities with f... more info

Stereogum — Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear are two bands who got indie-famous in the late-'00s by making rich, soothing, harmony-heavy music. Both bands took long breaks over the last few years, and both came back in the past few months with new albums: Fleet Foxe... more info

Chorus.fm — Marc Hogan, writing at Pitchfork: Scott Rodger, who manages Arcade Fire, Paul McCartney, and Shania Twain, points me to various artists’ pages on Spotify. Arcade Fire have 5 million monthly listeners on the streaming service. Radiohead have 6 milli... more info

KEXP Seattle — Brooklyn-bred band Grizzly Bear return with their fifth LP, a release KEXP Music Director Don Yates calls “an adventurous set of densely layered and intricately arranged prog-pop, featuring a punchier, more beat-driven sound to more forcefully driv... more info

Chorus.fm — Grizzly Bear performed on Colbert last night. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Rainer Maria's self-titled album is my favorite new release this week. Sisters Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer's Not Dark Yet and Grizzly Bear's Painted Ruins are other albums I can recommend. Reissues include vinyl editions of Neil Young's American... more info

JamBase — This week we highlight new albums by Grizzly Bear, Steven Wilson and Allison Moorer & Shelby Lynne. more info

Stereogum — Today, Grizzly Bear are back with Painted Ruins , their first album in five years. And last night, the New York art-rockers were the musical guests on Stephen Colbert's Late Show. There, they played a grand, sweeping version of the single "Mourning ... more info

Stereogum — Let's get this chamber popping! Painted Ruins, Grizzly Bear's first album in five years, is officially out now. You've heard advance singles "Three Rings," "Mourning Sound," "Four Cypresses," and "Neighbors" and read our review. Now it's time to take... more info